Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Hybrid Quantum–convolutional Neural Networks For Morphological Soil Image Classification: Benchmarking Variational Quantum Circuits Against Classical Architectures

MUMBAI, India, July 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641088076 A) filed by Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation; Mittapally Anusha; and Dr. Nirmalajyothi Narisetty on July 19, 2026, for Hybrid Quantum–convolutional Neural Networks For Morphological Soil Image Classification: Benchmarking Variational Quantum Circuits Against Classical Architectures.

Inventors include Mittapally Anusha; and Dr. Nirmalajyothi Narisetty.

The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.

Abstract: This study proposes a Hybrid Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (HQ-CNN) for classifying seven soil types using EfficientNet-B0 and a 4-qubit variational quantum circuit. The model was...